December 4th and this is what was in my two X-mas calendars:

🎄The Great Mikkeller X-mas Calendar🎄
Hallo Ich Bin Berliner Weisse Raspberry by Mikkeller
Very evident and kind of sweet raspberries in the nose. It almost smells like sweet raspberry jam. Taste is equally loaded with raspberries and has a nice yoghurt-like acidity to it. This is a super crushable fruited berliner weisse, but to my taste it would have been even better with a mouthfeel that was a bit lighter. Still a tasty beer though.

🎄My wife’s homemade X-mas calendar🎄
North X Northern Bloc – Sorbet Sour by North Brewing Co. – Heavy raspberry and rhubarb aroma. This smells insanely nice! Taste is raspberry and rhubarb galore with a very nicely balanced acidity t back it up. I definitely get that sour sorbet feeling. This is a really tasty and highly drinkable fruited sour. The fruited sours from North Brewing Co. just never let you down!

Today was really close both of these fruited sour beers were very tasty. The North X Northern Bloc – Sorbet Sour from North Brewing Co. was maybe a bit better than the other, but a very close call. The feeling of raspberries and rhubarb was just crazy. With beers of this quality it’s not needed to choose one over the other. It’s just to sit back and enjoy both of them.

All through December, I’m opening my two X-mas beer calendars. The two calendars are The Great Mikkeller X-mas Calendar and my wife’s homemade X-mas calendar.

See you tomorrow!

December 3rd and this is what was in my two X-mas calendars:

🎄The Great Mikkeller X-mas Calendar🎄
Henry & Irma Hazy Session IPA by Mikkeller
Initial fruity hops in the nose paired with some bread/wheat. Being a 3.5% ABV hazy session IPA the mouthfeel is a bit thin as I would expect it to be. The flavor is citrus/grapefruit hops, a bit of bread and a rather present bitterness. This is a quite nice session IPA.

🎄My wife’s homemade X-mas calendar🎄
Deep Space Xmas Party by Põhjala (and Kihoskh) – Imperial chocolate porter with a clear coffee aroma on top of some milk chocolate and rye bread. Taste evident coffee, milk chocolate from the cocoa nibs, vanilla beans lend some sweetness and oak is just there to stay until the end. This is a quite nice imperial chocolate porter.
Once again the Põhjala guys deliver a tasty black beer. I actually don’t think I have ever had a porter or stout from their hands that wasn’t tasty!

This was the first day with a clear difference in the level of the two beers. Don’t be mistaken that these are both well-executed beers, but to my taste, Deep Space Xmas Party is just way more interesting than Henry & Irma Hazy Session IPA. Session IPAs are often suffering from being thin and watery and in that light, it’s really no surprise that my favorite today is the Xmas coffee porter from Põhjala.

All through December, I’m opening my two X-mas beer calendars. The two calendars are The Great Mikkeller X-mas Calendar and my wife’s homemade X-mas calendar.

See you tomorrow!

December 2nd and this is what was in my two X-mas calendars:

🎄The Great Mikkeller X-mas Calendar🎄
Oude Geuze Goût Américain by Mikkeller
Super fruity and quite acidic oude geuze. Color is nice and Brettanomyces is evident – this beer is a super thirst quencher with a fair complexity. Tasty oude geuze.

🎄My wife’s homemade X-mas calendar🎄
B.A. Maple V.B.M. by Fierce Beer – Massive aroma of chocolate and maple hits the nose instantly paired with a faint vanilla note – Taste is full-blown chocolate and evident bourbon barrel from the 9 months in the dark. The added fenugreek is not something I can pinpoint but the maple syrup is definitely present. Mouthfeel is smooth with a very satisfying feeling of mouth-coating liquid happiness.

These are both great beers but if I’m forced to choose one of the two beers it must be B.A. Maple V.B.M. by Fierce Beer – it’s a super tasty winter night sipper that makes you wanna have more every time you have a sip. I liked both beers a lot and December has begun in a very tasty way. I’m really excited about opening my two beer calendars every morning.

All through December I’m opening my two X-mas beer calendars. The two calendars are The Great Mikkeller X-mas Calendar and my wife’s homemade X-mas calendar.

See you tomorrow!